Houston v. Haley’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
February 1993
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Relies on Thornburg v. Gingles · City of Mobile v. Bolden · White v. Regester · City of Rome v. United States · United States v. Marengo County Commission
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]rovided that nothing in this section [of the Voting Rights Act] establishe[d] a right to have members of a protected class elected in numbers equal to their proportion in the population.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Houston v. Haley“the extent to which members of a protected class have been elected to office in the State or political subdivision is one circumstance which may be considered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Houston v. Haley“the best possible plan that could be devised to maximize the black population and black voting strength under a four-ward, one at-large system.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Houston v. Haley
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.